First rev of public roadmap

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+# Akash Network Roadmap
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+## The Past
+### June 2016
+- Development begins on DISCO
+### December 2017
+- Whitepaper v1 released
+### January 2018
+- Development begins on Akash Network
+### March 2018
+- Whitepaper v2 released  
+- Agreement signed for test and main net capacity with bare metal provider Packet
+### April 2018
+- Marketplace prototype released
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+## The Future
+### June 2018
+- Deployment prototype release
+### July 2018
+- P2P filesharing prototype release
+### August 2018
+- Overlay Network prototype release  
+- Whitepaper v3 release
+### September 2018
+- Testnet launch  
+- Provider certification program launch
+### Q3 2018
+- Mainnet launch  
+- Akash token available on exchange(s)
+### Q1 2019
+- Launch of container-native PaaS  
+   - *Akash Platform supports Heroku-like "push to deploy" functionality with SCM integration*  
+- Globally-distributed provider supply
+### Q2 2019
+- Launch of storage-only offering  
+   - *Akash Platform supports storage-only deployments without associated compute*
+### Q3 2019
+- Launch of Machine Learning support  
+   - *Akash Platform supports Spark/RDD integration and event-based scheduling*
+### Q4 2019
+- Launch of Managed Services support  
+   - *Akash Platform supports a third-party ecosystem of providers with offerings built upon Akash*
+### Q1 2020
+- Launch of near-edge compute support  
+   - *Akash Platform supplier distribution supports near-edge use cases*
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